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Henry Roth Shifting Landscape
St Martins Pr 0312111398 / 9780312111397 PAPERBACK Very Good
0312111398 0312111398 Trade Paperback. VG. Clean, tight and unmarked. rom Library JournalThough Roth has a gap of 60 years between his first novel, Call It Sleep (Classic Returns, LJ 10/15/91), and his recent Mercy of a Rude Stream (LJ 1/94), he was not idle. This 1987 volume collects 31 pieces that originally appeared in various publications from the 1930s through the 1980s. Included are stories, essays, and memoirs.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.Product DescriptionA startling achievement that is sure to become a classic of American literature, Shifting Landscape collects all of Henry Roth's published writings, other than Call It Sleep and Mercy of a Rude Stream. The 31 pieces, spanning more than six decades, include all of his short stories as well as memoir materials.
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Henry H. Roth The Cruz Chronicle (Rutgers Press Fiction)
Rutgers University Press 1989 0813514045 / 9780813514048 Hardcover/Ex-Library Very Good
0813514045 0813514045 Good/Good c. 1989, red bds. w/d.j., 184pp., (lt.shelf wear, corners lightly bumped, text clean, binding good, d.j. taped to bds., lt.edge wear, mylar cover, lt.rubbing). From Publishers Weekly Marquesian in flavor and set in the countryside a long bus ride north of the Bronx, the antics of the three Cruz brothers and their ghostly father Raymondo are distinctly American-urban in spirit. After Raymondo is killed robbing a bank with a water gun, the boys are taken from their mother, who literally fills her apartment with TV sets and guard dogs, to be raised at the Sacred Home for Fallen Angels. Raymondo appears only to the oldest son, Victor, urging him to watch out for Felipe, a thug in the making, and little Jose, who is bright, charming and lazy. After leaving Sacred Home, the brothers settle nearby, taking up with a three-legged dog and a sweet, grossly fat, high-school girl. Occasionally Raymondo intervenes in his son's lives, once biting Felipe's arm so it withers, to prevent the boy from being of use to the local crime mob, another time aiding Victor's kicking record for the local football team. Veteran short story writer Roth tells the brothers' improbable adventures with a gritty, lively realism. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal When Raymundo Cruz realizes that he can never provide even minimally for his family, he decides to rob a bank with a squirt gun. The attempt fails and the little man suffers an impersonal death surrounded by a jeering mob. His three sons are left in the care of their slatternly mother--but not for long, for the children's court puts them in the custody of the Sacred Home for Fallen Angels upstate. Here the ghost of Raymundo hovers over them, directly communicating with eldest Victor and offering advice for their survival. Before he is 12, Victor steals and wrecks two cars, makes threats to his teachers and indulges in arson, but his father's advice always sees him through. The boys' later attempts at crime are as hilarious as the parade of characters that crosses their paths. This first novel by an experienced short story writer is fast moving and never boring. - Jack Shreve, Allegany Community Coll., Cumberland, Md.
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